Otto Hahn - Hoffmann, Klaus

Klaus Hoffmann 

Otto Hahn

Achievement and Responsibility

Herausgeber: Cole, J. M.
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Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn (1879-1968) was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on atomic fission: his work in Berlin in the 1930s and 1940s with Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann led to the discovery that uranium nucleid bombarded by neutrons undergo spontaneous fission, releasing enormous energies. This work, conveyed to England and the US by scientific refugees from Nazi Germany, led to the instigation of the Manhattan Project and the development of the Atomic Bomb. Reviled by many after the war as one of the people responsible for the carnage at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hahn had already begun to reflect on the social responsibility of scientists for their fundamental discoveries and the subsequent applications of the knowledge they create. Already during the war, Hahn had protested Nazi restrictions on Universities and researchers, and after the War, he became actively involved in efforts to restrict the spread of nuclear weapons. In this volume Klaus Hoffmann discusses Hahn's c ontributions to science and his reflections of scientific and social responsibility. He concludes that Hahn's ideas can still serve as a foundation for responsible and moral actions by scientists.

Produktinformation
  • Verlag: Springer, Berlin
  • 2001
  • Ausstattung/Bilder: 2001. X, 276 p. w. 42 figs.
  • Seitenzahl: 292
  • Best.Nr. des Verlages: 10770136
  • Englisch
  • Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
  • Gewicht: 546g
  • ISBN-13: 9780387950570
  • ISBN-10: 0387950575
  • Best.Nr.: 09765977
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - RezensionBesprechung von 04.11.2005
Spät, doch nicht zu spät zum Mahner geworden

Sind Wissenschaftler verantwortlich für die Folgen ihrer Forschungen? Mit dieser Frage mußte sich auch Otto Hahn auseinandersetzen, dem 1938 der Nachweis der Urankernspaltung gelang. Immer wieder wurde ihm vorgeworfen, er sei für die Entwicklung der Atombombe verantwortlich. Daß sich der 1879 in Frankfurt geborene Chemiker selbst Vorwürfe machte und auf den Abwurf der Bombe auf Hiroshima sogar mit Suizidgedanken reagierte, schildert Klaus Hoffmann in seiner Hahn-Biographie.

Der Leser lernt Hahn zunächst als freundlichen und bescheidenen Menschen kennen, der nach dem Studium in Marburg und München Industriechemiker werden will. Doch als er in London arbeitet, entdeckt er "zufällig" ein neues radioaktives Element, das Radiothorium. Damit beginnt seine Karriere als Wissenschaftler, die ihn über Montreal nach Berlin führt. 1914 wird er zum Kriegsdienst eingezogen. Der Autor erklärt Hahns Mitwirken am Gaskrieg mit einer fragwürdigen Treue gegenüber dem Vaterland, die Ansätze zu einer kritischen Beurteilung des Mißbrauchs wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse verdrängt habe.

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"J. Michael Cole translated this biography, which appeared in German on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Otto Hahn. the description of the life and thinking of this great scientist is fascinating and thrills everyone who takes an interest to read it. the chronological course of events in his life, career, and his thinking is presented in such a gripping style, that it is hard to put the book down." (K.-E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1069, 2005)
From the reviews of the first edition: "J. Michael Cole translated this biography, which appeared in German on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Otto Hahn. ... the description of the life and thinking of this great scientist is fascinating and thrills everyone who takes an interest to read it. ... the chronological course of events in his life, career, and his thinking is presented in such a gripping style, that it is hard to put the book down." (K.-E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1069, 2005)

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Translator's Preface.
1. Atom Bomb and Nobel Prize.
2. Boyhood, Studies, and the First Probationary Years.
3. The Awakening of the Natural Sciences.
4. The First Scientific Discovery.
5. Research the University of Berlin.
6. The Kaiser Wilhelm Society.
7. The First World War.
8. New Success for the Atomic Researchers.
9. National Socialism--Night Falls on German Science.
10.Dispute Over the 93rd Element.
11. The Splitting of the Uranium Atom.
12. The Threat of Hitler's Atom Bomb.
13.The American Super--Explosive U235.
14. The Hunt for the Atomic Scientists.
15. A World Full of Prejudice.
16. Atom Bomb Diplomacy.
17. In Conflict with Conscience and Politics.
18. The Call of the Goettingen Eighteen.
19. Against Nuclear Weapon Experiments and Nuclear Balance.
20. Timetable.
21. Sources and Pointers. Index.
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